Linda Collins-Smith

Linda Collins-Smith (31 December 1961-3 June 2019) was a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and of the State Senate from 2015 to 2019.

Biography
Linda Collins-Smith was born in Pocahontas, Arkansas in 1961, and she worked as a businesswoman before being elected to the State House in 2010 as a Democrat. Eight months after taking office, she became a Republican. She openly criticized Governor Asa Hutchinson, but she later introduced a bill which prevented transgenders from using their identified gender's bathrooms in government facilities. On 3 June 2019, she was shot dead outside of her home, and her decomposing body was found wrapped in a blanket outside of her home.